Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, May 2. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Small Debts
H. ENDERSBY v. S. Millward, claiming £1 for goods supplied. A verdict for the full amount with costs was returned…
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Courts & crime, 1893
1,071 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 54
Important to Travellers. Case in the District Court. SYDNEY
IN the District Court this morning, before Judge Backhouse, C. T. H. Rohde, of Mossman's Bay, sued the North Shore Steam Ferry Company for £10 0s 3d. It appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN RUBIN, 47, seaman, and James Taylor, 40, labourer, were each fined the usual 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Court. Breaches of the Bylaws
Thomas Rutherford and Henry Spruce, drivers of springcarts, were each fined 10s, and 2s 6d costs, for driving round street corners at a pace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Drunkenness
CHRISTOPHER LEONARD, 50, a very old offender, was ordered to pay 10s or go to gaol for three days for having been drunk and incapable on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Thursday, May 4. (Before Messrs. W. E. Henry, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.p.) Alleged Stealing
JOSEPH BUXTON was brought up charged with stealing a horse, saddle, and bridle, the property of Mrs. Liddle, Tarro, on the 23rd April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Charge of Murder
AT West Bromwich, R. Spencer, 38, chemist, of Birmingham, formerly of West Bromwich, and Sarah Clancy, of Kingswinford, also formerly of West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Alleged Theft
A YOUTH named Charles Henry Johnson was committed for trial from the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having broken and entered a house at Pittwater, and stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, May 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Assaut
WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW was charged with assaulting Eliza Morgan at Lambton on the 2nd instant. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. C. W. Readett appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Summons Court. Petty Larceny
William Swanson, a respectable looking youth of about 11 years of age, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a quantity of coal valued at 6d, the property of the Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, May 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) Drunkenness
WILLIAM BUDGER, 34, seaman, and Michael M'Cann, alias James Carroll, 22, seaman, were ordered to pay the usual 5s, or suffer 24 hours in the lockup, for having been drunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bookmakers Before the Court. The Town Clerk and His Commission. Cases Dismissed on a Technical Point
IN the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Mair, P.M., a number of bookmakers and sporting men appeared to answer a charge of obstructing Perkin-street on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swansea. Police Court
Arthur Forbes was charged at the Swansea Police Court last Wednesday, by Constable Brown, with using indecent language within hearing of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, May 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness
A SEAMAN named David Cohrean was fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Absent without Leave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Escape From Hobart Gaol. Prisoner Recaptured
CHRISTOPHER LITTLEJOHN, 21 years of age, who escaped from Hobart gaol in a remarkable manner on Wednesday, the 5th ultimo, has been captured at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water-police Launch
VERY frequently during the last few years the attention of the Government has been drawn, through the columns of this journal, to the difficulties the water police have to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 8. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness
Two seamen named George Jones and Charles Campbell and a bootmaker named Daniel Smith were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 8. (Before Messrs. W. E. Henry, P.M., and A. Ross, J.p.) Action of Ejectment
THIS was a case in which William Johnson, hotelkeeper, of West Wallsend sought to recover possession of 10 acres of land comprising an orchard,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Sub-inspector of Police. Farewell Banquet at Broken Hill. A Difference with the Mayor. Broken Hill
AT the close of the proceedings in the Police Court this morning Sub-inspector Saunders, who has been transferred to Newcastle, introduced Sub-inspector Johnson, who takes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
A LABOURER named James Taylor was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup for drunkenness. Larceny…
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